Wellington tour

Ferry trip to some islands with Campbell College

Wellington and its region has got many beautiful places to see and visit, especially during summer time. Our Activities Coordinator, Lyndon, took  the students to the nearby Somes Island by ferry.

Somes Island Scientific and Historic Reserve is a tranquil retreat for wildlife and visitors alike. Maori occupied this island for generations. In more recent times, Somes Island has served as a human and animal quarantine station, an internment camp, and a military defence position.

Thanks to the dedication of numerous individuals, groups and organisations, such as the Lower Hutt branch of Forest and Bird, Somes Island Charitable
Trust, Friends of Somes and Eastbourne Forest Rangers, Somes
Island once again represents a refuge, this time for wildlife and
our cultural heritage.

The island opened to the public as a Department of Conservation (DOC) scientific and historic reserve in 1995. In 2008, Somes Island was included in the Treaty of Waitangi cultural redress for the Port Nicholson Block Settlement
Trust and will be returned to iwi ownership.

Have fun reading Lyndon`s activites report!

"We had a good group of people travel to Somes Island and we got to see a different view of Wellington. It started when we had to wait in a long line of people wanting to get on the boat, and a lot of disappointed people being told there wasn ' t enough room when the 26 of us all arrived. Luckily we reserved the tickets 2 days before.

When we all arrived we had to check our bags to make sure we didn ' t have any cats or rats in our bags. This was because they wanted to protect all the wild animals on the island. We saw many seagulls, and some new birds that only live on the island, but sadly we didn ' t get to see any of the lizards on the island. The views from the island were beautiful and we could see the whole coast of Wellington.

The boat trip back to Wellington was awesome because we all got to stay on the top of the boat so we could enjoy the beautiful weather and the
wind in our hair. Next time we will all have to take our
swimsuits and stay a bit longer."